Sometimes, you wonder what our legislators could be thinking. One of the new laws that took effect this month in Texas allows a juvenile charged for the first time with dating-related violence (assault, rape, etc.), to take a class and avoid any criminal record.
That translates to one free rape. Or more -- if a juvenile takes the class, and avoids a criminal record, then when he commits his second offense, there's no record of that first offense, so he can just take the class all over again.
Naomi Gonzalez is the Representative who came up with this stupidity. I wonder how she would feel if her daughter were attacked and the assailant got away with it? On the other hand, I wonder if she has a son who might be guilty of such an offense? I can't think of any other reason a person would want to give a rapist another chance.
"Budgets may block teen effort." The Dallas Morning News; September 2, 2011; p. 4A.
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